Apologies for the delay in replying! Thankyou all taking the time to write- I appreciate it so much! I haven't been wearing ear plugs, no, but I will start bringing them to my lessons. A friend and I went for dinner today and she laughed when I told her I was learning. Some people are so strange, instead of building you up make you feel a bit of a dickhead for trying something! O well! Thanks again everyone, I shall keep you posted, especially when I try a bigger bike. (I'm not sure what bike I am learning on as I just changed teacher- my old instructor wasn't explaining things to me clearly enough so I moved instructor last week, It's a Honda is all I know. I shall ask this weekend!) Have a nice week x